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From: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>, "Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
	"Waiman Long" <longman@redhat.com>,
	"Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
	"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
	"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
	"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
	"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
	"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: sync: export lock::do_unlocked
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:34:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8733yxig6z.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aiZvbCad0DeRu60g@google.com>

Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 02:57:07PM +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
>> Export lock::do_unlocked publicly. Add documentation for the method.
>> 
>> Reviewed-by: Benno Lossin <lossin@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
>
> Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
>
>>  rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
>> index 10b6b5e9b024..9c549e469785 100644
>> --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
>> +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock.rs
>> @@ -238,7 +238,31 @@ pub fn lock_ref(&self) -> &'a Lock<T, B> {
>>          self.lock
>>      }
>>  
>> -    pub(crate) fn do_unlocked<U>(&mut self, cb: impl FnOnce() -> U) -> U {
>> +    /// Temporarily unlock the lock to execute the given closure.
>> +    ///
>> +    /// This method unlocks the lock before calling the closure `cb`, and re-locks it afterwards.
>> +    /// This is useful when you need to perform operations that are not allowed while holding
>> +    /// certain locks, such as allocating memory (which is prohibited while holding a spinlock).
>> +    ///
>> +    /// # Examples
>> +    ///
>> +    /// ```
>> +    /// use kernel::{new_spinlock, prelude::*};
>> +    /// use pin_init::stack_pin_init;
>
> I think the prelude is imported automatically.

Is this part of our kunit harness?

Best regards,
Andreas Hindborg



  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-08  8:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-05 12:57 [PATCH v2] rust: sync: export lock::do_unlocked Andreas Hindborg
2026-06-08  7:29 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-06-08  8:34   ` Andreas Hindborg [this message]
2026-06-08  8:40     ` Miguel Ojeda

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